Weather Records on 29 March 2017

907 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 2017. Highest significance: Kingfisher, US.

Key Facts for 29 March 2017

On 29 March 2017, 907 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
479 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 842 daily.
Kingfisher set a daily record precipitation of 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 29 March 2017.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

907 stations

907 station records on 29 March 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Carmila Beach Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	350.4 mm (13.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hesston	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Friona	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Flomot 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cardowan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.0 mm (8.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Carfax	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.5 mm (6.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Potwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Billings	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Blackwell 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	375.0 mm (14.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Callemondah Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.2 mm (5.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Koumala Hatfields Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	565.0 mm (22.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Great Salt Plains Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barmount	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

907 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 220, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 259, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 410, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 29 March 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	220
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	259
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	410
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 29 March 2017 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 63, daily 842.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

800 broken records

Margins by which the 800 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 2017

Top 20 records on 29 March 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 2017	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 March 2017	Lakin, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Norman 3SSE, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Augusta, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	116 years	76 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Syracuse 1NE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Haskell, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	108 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Snyder, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	98 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Memphis, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	91 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Carmila Beach Road, AU	monthly rain	350.4 mm (13.8 in)	129.4 mm (5.1 in)	54 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Holly, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	99 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Geary, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Lawton, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Newton, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	99 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Hesston, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	92 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Crosbyton, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	98 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Friona, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Vernon, US	monthly rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	17 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Flomot 4 NE, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2017	Cardowan, AU	daily rain	209.0 mm (8.2 in)	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1805 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2017. 2017 had 907 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-29 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1808	1
1822	2
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	3
1862	3
1865	5
1866	1
1869	1
1872	5
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	3
1890	11
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	6
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	11
1902	35
1903	7
1904	15
1905	48
1906	12
1907	41
1908	2
1909	11
1910	46
1911	23
1912	36
1913	21
1914	11
1915	54
1916	18
1917	38
1918	29
1919	47
1920	45
1921	49
1922	30
1923	304
1924	272
1925	92
1926	258
1927	71
1928	183
1929	99
1930	169
1931	336
1932	165
1933	288
1934	261
1935	115
1936	555
1937	550
1938	556
1939	297
1940	252
1941	310
1942	397
1943	561
1944	1,331
1945	722
1946	730
1947	935
1948	292
1949	321
1950	465
1951	510
1952	356
1953	268
1954	828
1955	635
1956	435
1957	249
1958	401
1959	526
1960	311
1961	463
1962	555
1963	1,341
1964	947
1965	450
1966	730
1967	877
1968	895
1969	1,260
1970	1,043
1971	610
1972	629
1973	905
1974	643
1975	1,571
1976	496
1977	1,554
1978	759
1979	640
1980	815
1981	982
1982	801
1983	657
1984	1,103
1985	1,576
1986	1,553
1987	1,674
1988	657
1989	1,359
1990	705
1991	1,027
1992	633
1993	830
1994	910
1995	1,074
1996	814
1997	679
1998	1,769
1999	625
2000	795
2001	793
2002	1,234
2003	841
2004	1,426
2005	744
2006	720
2007	1,450
2008	906
2009	1,199
2010	915
2011	685
2012	652
2013	762
2014	554
2015	1,786
2016	565
2017	907
2018	462
2019	434
2020	853
2021	674
2022	841
2023	1,076
2024	304
2025	1,168
2026	1,467

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	764
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1